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Buffalo January Quads Reminder

January 30, 2010
Educational Opportunity Center 6th Floor Auditorium 465 Washington St. Buffalo, NY 14203 Game/40Round Robin 3 games total .
Play only players in your rating range in each quad. EF:$20, $15 for non-rated and $10 for Scholastic quads.
Also featuring non-rated quads for players without USCF membership or USCF rating. Registration:8:30-9:00, Rounds: 9-10:2511:45, Prizes: $50 1st in rated quads, $25 1st for Scholastic quads and $30 1st for non-rated quads.
Info: contact Douglas Dubose at zugzwang92857@yahoo.com or call(716) 874-5709 send advanced entries to Old School Chess Enterprises, 124 Military Road, upper rear Buffalo ,NY 14207
Please let me know here if you intend to play in the Quads on Saturday. Give USCF rating ID # and expiration date.

2011 Chess Calendar

To the best of my knowledge the following is the 2011 Calendar of WNY Chess Events and Special State and/or National Scholastic Events. Hopefully this will help all of us plan accordingly and If I missed something, or got something wrong, please contact me or comment below so I can fix it.
Use the following tool to search for chess events around the region, state, and nation. It is available at http://www.uschess.org/tlas/
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Is Nxe6 possible ?

Here is a position from the last weekend tournament game. I spent about 10 min. contemplating Nxe6 and decided against it and after thinking a lot played f3. What do you think, is Nxe6 playable in the current position ?

JERRY ECKMAN MEMORIAL GRAND PRIX REPORT 2010

A record attendance for the first chess outing for the new year 2010. There was 43 total chess players, a record number in the Scholatic Stars Section of 15 players. Not shown in Eckman Stars were Janae N. Baker and Delmar M. Green. The final results had Champion Trevor D. Cohn, 6th grader, Kenmore Middle School who won his second title in two months, 2nd Place was Matthew T. Leahy, Sophomore at Bishop Timon, 3rd Place Miles A. James, Olmstead #64 and Urban Knights Chess Club, and 4th Place Sean V. Mc Donough, 6th grader at Kenmore Middle. New USCF members were Janae N. Baker, Cameron Davis, Delmar M. Green, Matthew T. Leahy and Jordan C. Duell.

The crosstable is at http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201001199731.0

A total of sixteen chess players participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. U1500 Section. The Upset Leaders were Barrett Furton of Rochester NY with 624 points, David Gluchowski with 241.5 pts, James Harris with 218.5 pts, James P. Davis 118 pts, Vic Bahl - 58 pts, Scott Wilson - 37.5 pts, and Joe Covley 16 pts.

The Champion was Joe Covley a Senior from Bishop Timon, 2nd Place tie was James P. Davis, Esq. and Steve L. Baer. A special thanks to Coach Bowers and Coach Warner for making it possible for their chess teams to compete against each other outside of their school schedules.

In the "Remember Haiti" Open Section had twelve players, USCF ratings ranged from 1183 to 2416. Our first female open player was Alanna Katz, rated 1859 from New York City, a student at the University of Buffalo, played in the World Team tournament last year in New Jersey.

The 2010 Champion was Kenneth W. Regan Ph.D, International Master and Professor at the University of Buffalo went undefeated 4 - 0. Dr Regan made a donation to the Haitian Relief fund at American Red Cross, Buffalo Chapter in the name of the Archagel 8 Chess Academy. Second Place went to Marijan Procyk and U1900 winner was Ryan Madden, Pioneer Chess Team. Upset Leaders were Benjamin W. Havey(1727) who defeated Barry Davis(2101) in the 1st round for a total of 456 pts, Erik Lubas with 418.5 pts, Ryan Madden 138.5 pts, David S. Miller 132.5 pts and Meghesh Pansari from Rochester NY with 10 pts.

Our next Grand Prix tournament will be on saturday, February 13th, 2010, Four Rounds, Swiss, Game 50, No Scholastic Section since they will be at the Global Concepts Charter tournament, Two Sections will be Open and U1500, Advance entries of $20 vs $35 Cash only at the door, always welcomed no later than wednesday, February 10, 2010, mail and make checks payable to Archangel 8 Chess Academy, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo New York 14221.

Lastly, Robert Simpson, Esq of Simpson and Simpson donated a contribution towards the Pizza, beverages, a 4"Chess set and Wooden Chess board to the Archangel 8 Chess Academy, Dr. James J Paul donated the chocoalate candy desserts and Lorena James(sister of Miles), Mrs. Pencille (Chess Mom of Andrew)and Mrs. Cummings(Chess Mom of Miles) for their "Catering Services" of Pizza. We thank them for their special acts of kindness to the chess community. Please keep the people of Haiti in your prayers, donations can be sent to the American Red Cross, Haitian Relief Fund, 786 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo New York 14209, or www.buffaloredcross.org.

World Team Championships

If you are following the World Team Championships you know that Nakamura won against Gelfand in a very nice game. There was a discussion about that game and how Nakamura played blitz and won easily. It seems to me that Nakamura knew the game Ftachnik-Cvitan which was played in 1997. Cvitan won in 26 moves by sacrificing his Queen. It was an amazing game. I saw it on one of the videos by IM Andrew Martin courtesy of Chessdoctor. In this game from the 5th round in Turkey Nakamura deviated with 20...Bf8. At this point there were also different tries such as 20...Ne8 and 20...a:b6
Here is game Gelfand-Nakamura [Event "7th World Team Championship"][Site "Bursa TUR"][Date "2010.01.09"][Round "5"][White "Gelfand,B"][Black "Nakamura,Hi"][Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2708"] ["][WhiteElo "2761"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 h5 18.a5 g4 19.b6 g3 20.Kh1 Bf8 21.d6 axb6 22.Bg1 Nh4 23.Re1 Nxg2 24.dxc7 Nxe1 25.Qxe1 g2+ 26.Kxg2 Rg7+ 27.Kh1 Bh3 28.Bf1 Qd3 29.Nxe5 Bxf1 30.Qxf1 Qxc3 31.Rc1 Qxe5 32.c8Q Rxc8 33.Rxc8 Qe6 0-1 The game can be seen here: http://www.chess.com/news/russia-and-usa-lead-wtc-4601 Here is the ending of the Game Ftachnik-Cvitan: (after 20.Kh1 what was played in Gelfand-Nakamura)20.... Nh7 21.d6 Qh4 22.Bg1 Bh3 23.bxc7 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 25.Kxh3 Ng6+ 26.Kg2 Nh4+ and mate next.

JERRY ECKMAN MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2010

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Main Place Mall, Upper Level, 390 Main St, Buffalo NY.

Sections of Play are OPEN, U1500, COLLEGE AND SCHOLASTICS.

Hosted by the Archangel 8 Chess Academy and the Kellogg Leadership for Community Change.

Four Rounds, Swiss, Game/50, USCF rated, USCF membership is required.

Four sections: OPEN, U1500, Collegiate, and Scholastic

SCHEDULE: Round 1 at 9:45am, Round 2 at 11:30am, Round 3 at 1:15pm, Round 4 at 3pm.

Guaranteed Cash Prizes, Open $120 - $80, U1900 $75, U1500 $50. Collegiate section prizes based on entries. Advance entry $20 vs $35 CASH At door, payment by Wednesday, January 13, 2010 to Archangel 8 Chess Academy, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo NY 14221.

PIZZA AND BEVERAGE PROVIDED FOR ALL TOURNAMENT PLAYERS!

Scholastic players must report by 9:45am, games start at 10am. Five rounds, Swiss, Game/30, USCF rated. Entry Fee $10, Cash only on site.

Online advance registration for all chess participants to arcangel8chess@yahoo.com but must pay cash and must report no later than 9:30am.

GARNELL W. WHITFIELD JR GRAND PRIX 2009 RESULTS

Here are the top four winners of the Whitfield Jr B53 Stars Section. Fourth place Benjamin Rummell, Chess Club of Buffalo, Third Place Miles A James, Urban Knights Chess Club, Champion Trevor D. Cohn, Archangel 8 Chess Academy and Second Place Sean Mc Donough, Kenmore Middle.

In the B53 Whitfield Jr U1500 Firehouse Section, Mike Jocko and James J. Paul were Co Champions, Third Place winner James P. Davis.

In the B53 Deputy Commissioners Grand Prix Section, Eric Grabowski from Cleveland, Ohio earned top honors, 2nd Place Tie were Barry Davis and Erwin Casareno from Toronto, Ontario Canada, U1900 winner was Glenn S. Westcott.

A special thanks for Lorena James, a USCF member chose not to play but she was very interested in her business side and volunteered to help "Cater" the lunch for all chess players, Lorena is from Nichols School and is encouraged by her brother Miles to play chess.

The cross table is at http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200912194461

Buffalo January Quads

January 30, 2010 Educational Opportunity Center 6th Floor Auditorium 465 Washington St. Buffalo, NY 14203 Game/40 Round Robin 3 games total play only players in your rating range in each quad. EF:$20, $15 for non-rated and $10 for Scholastic quads. Also featuring non-rated quads for players without USCF membership or USCF rating. Registration:8:30-9:00, Rounds: 9-10:25 11:45, Prizes: $50 1st in rated quads, $25 1st for Scholastic quads and $30 1st for non-rated quads. Info: contact Douglas Dubose at zugzwang92857@yahoo.com or call (716) 874-5709 send advanced entries to Old School Chess Enterprises, 124 Military Road, upper rear Buffalo ,NY 14207